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July 19th, 2012

July 19, 2012

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Staff Reports

NEWPORTâ€“Nine runs in the second inning sealed the fate for the Lake Region 2 team as the North Country Orioles picked up the 11-0 win on Wednesday in the opening round of the 14-U Babe Ruth League Championship.
The deck was stacked against LR as they played the entire game with only eight players, and sent Devin Royer, who up until this point had never pitched at the Babe Ruth level, to the mound.
Royer gave it his all, but the Oriole bats were just too much to handle.

July 18th

July 18, 2012

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Christopher Roy

NEWPORT CITY â€“ The planning commission continues to support a central heating plant that would distribute heat via underground pipes to commercial, public and residential buildings. Local woodchips would power the plant.

July 18, 2012

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Ed Barber

BARTON - Three years after being appointed principal at Lake Region Union High School, Andy Messier, in an effort to improve math scores, launched an innovative summer school math program that will extend into the school year.
Responding to unsatisfactory test results in math based on statewide testing, Vermont's Department of Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca called earlier this year for schools to focus on ways to improve scores.

July 18, 2012

By

Laura Carpenter

DERBY â€“ The Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) approved a 140-foot turbine in Derby despite the concerns from a neighbor and others and without holding a hearing as requested and without further investigation.
The PSB issued the Certificate of Public Good (CPG) July 11.
The turbine will sit on Michele Judd's property at the top of Herrick Road.

July 18, 2012

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Staff Reports

SOUTH BURLINGTONâ€“The 14-U OEC Lightning packed up their gear and headed over to Chittenden County as the Orleans County representatives in the 14-U Babe Ruth State Baseball Tournament.
The Lightning, a collection of some of the top ball players in this area in that age group, did not have a good showing, losing their first two games to exit the tourney earlier than most expected.
Game one kicked off at 11:00 AM on Saturday as OEC squared off against Suburban, a team representing Winooski and Colchester.

July 18, 2012

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Submitted by Phil White

â€śItâ€™s right over you!â€ť Those were the words from the Newport City Police Dispatcher, when we called in to see how far away the thunderstorm was. The violent, spot storm that hit us immediately, without warning, with gale force winds and lightning less than 4 miles from Newportâ€™s Gateway Center put an end to Ray Gandyâ€™s historic attempt to be the first person to complete a 50 mile international swim, double crossing Lake Memphremagog, from Newport to Magog and back.

July 18, 2012

July 18, 2012

July 18, 2012

Field–– Cynthia (Roy), age 72, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family, following a lengthy illness on her 51st Wedding Anniversary, July 15, 2012. A private family service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her memory to St. Joseph Home and Hospice Care, 24 North River Road, Milford, NH.

For the full obituary see Wednesday's Express.

July 17th

July 17, 2012

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Christopher Roy

NEWPORT CITY â€“ A high level of arsenic has changed the way the city disposes of its sludge from the cityâ€™s treatment facility.
Arsenic in certain forms is a carcinogen and in other forms it can be a poison.Â